MacAl Stone
So why do you?
I never thought of myself as a "horror" writer. In fact, I'm a copy-writer (among other things) for a smallish sportswear manufacturer.
Now that I've started writing fiction, almost everything I produce seems to take a twisted and macabre turn. The odd part of that equation is that I'm actually a bit of a Disney character, in real life.
So I'm perplexed. I suspect I find writing dark spec-fic a useful catharsis. But I've always been particularly susceptible to a scary story. Writing horror lets me explore what happens if we don't check those particularly nasty impulses.
More than that--I get to play with the complete fascination of "what if"..."What if" the boogeyman hiding in the closet is real...What if the actual forces that array against our better impulses, our altruism, our heroism, our generosity actually have a real and powerful embodiment?
Perhaps it's as simple as "good vs. evil" resonates for me, in an unusually strong fashion.
I dunno. But it got me wondering about ya'll...:grin
I never thought of myself as a "horror" writer. In fact, I'm a copy-writer (among other things) for a smallish sportswear manufacturer.
Now that I've started writing fiction, almost everything I produce seems to take a twisted and macabre turn. The odd part of that equation is that I'm actually a bit of a Disney character, in real life.
So I'm perplexed. I suspect I find writing dark spec-fic a useful catharsis. But I've always been particularly susceptible to a scary story. Writing horror lets me explore what happens if we don't check those particularly nasty impulses.
More than that--I get to play with the complete fascination of "what if"..."What if" the boogeyman hiding in the closet is real...What if the actual forces that array against our better impulses, our altruism, our heroism, our generosity actually have a real and powerful embodiment?
Perhaps it's as simple as "good vs. evil" resonates for me, in an unusually strong fashion.
I dunno. But it got me wondering about ya'll...:grin